Tagged: bitcoin

November 5, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) has evolved considerably during the past 18 years to become a global asset class valued at more than $1 trillion (peaking at over $2 trillion). Despite calls for making Bitcoin a more consumer-friendly digital currency that businesses can easily accept for payments, the… Read More

November 5, 2026 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ),  the payments and financial services company led by Jack Dorsey, disclosed in its third-quarter regulatory filings that it reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2026 to address a long-running inquiry into its anti-money-laundering controls. Under… Read More

November 5, 2026 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s central bank has begun its inaugural systematic examination of how traditional financial institutions are entering the virtual asset sector and the vulnerabilities this creates for the broader financial system. The Bank of Korea started circulating a questionnaire titled “Survey on Financial Institutions’ Entry… Read More

November 5, 2026 @ 12:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The DWF Labs research team published three notable market observations in October 2026, drawn from its ongoing data reviews and shared in the firm’s monthly recap. The findings cover the expansion of tokenized equities, the relationship between Bitcoin ETF flows and price action, and Bitcoin’s… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Saylor, founder and Chairman of Strategy, the digital asset treasury firm (DAT) that is effectively a proxy for Bitcoin, is putting a positive spin on the midterm election results. While most Republicans have been firmly supportive of digital asset innovation, and most Democrats against… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russia’s Moscow Exchange intends to open trading in selected digital currencies starting December 1, 2026, establishing what it characterizes as the country’s first organized market for these assets. The initiative rests on Federal Law No. 282-FZ, titled “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights,” whose principal… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 5:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Liquid Federation announced on November 3 that Bitcoin reserves supporting the Liquid Network have been fully restored, reestablishing one-to-one backing for every circulating L-BTC. According to figures published on the network’s public dashboard that morning, 4,270.54 L-BTC were in circulation and matched by an… Read More

November 3, 2026 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset treasury companies—public firms that prioritize large holdings of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as core balance-sheet assets—have maintained a steady pace of purchases in recent days, even as markets digested a major exchange security incident and faced structural pressures. The firms’ continued… Read More

November 3, 2026 @ 6:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a senior official, has dismissed U.S. claims that Pyongyang orchestrated the largest cryptocurrency theft on record—an estimated $6.3 billion to $6.4 billion drain of Binance hot wallets on October 29, 2026. In a statement… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 1, 2026, the open-source Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server issued an urgent advisory directing anyone running a self-hosted instance to take it offline. The project’s official account stated that it had begun receiving reports of unauthorized parties sweeping funds from hot wallets attached… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

North Korean-linked actors have moved roughly $242 million of assets taken from Binance across the Tron network in just two days, according to on-chain analysis, while U.S. authorities press cross-chain protocols to block related activity and the exchange faces substantial customer outflows after restoring withdrawals…. Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Cole, chief executive of Bitcoin treasury firm Strive (NASDAQ: ASST), has observed that the digital asset’s price reaction to the recent record-scale theft at Binance proved milder than anticipated. But this is somewhat expected now given that Bitcoin has been around for 18 years+ and… Read More

October 31, 2026 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent analysis from Bitfinex analysts has drawn attention to the behavior of long-term Bitcoin holders (as the Binance hack dominates BTC and broader crypto markets investor sentiment). Those who sold in recent periods realized roughly 84 cents for every dollar of value their coins held… Read More

October 31, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, demonstrated notable resilience this week, consolidating in a disciplined manner and swiftly recovering from a temporary decline below $77,000 (following the unprecedented Binance hack that led to the theft of over $6 billion in crypto-assets from the exchange). According to… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 5:50 pm By Eli Ben-Sasson  |  

When I stood on stage at TOKEN2049 in Singapore this month, I shared what was still only a seed of an idea: adapting the blockchain I helped build to withstand quantum computers. A week later, our community opened a vote on researching the move, and backed… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), the enterprise software firm that has become the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, reported net income of $19.53 billion for the third quarter of 2026. Diluted earnings reached $44.75 per share. That compared with $2.79 billion in net income, or $8.42 per… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 3:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. asset manager VanEck has rolled out a new actively managed exchange-traded fund designed to deliver diversified exposure across equities, fixed income, real assets, and a limited slice of Bitcoin through a single product. The VanEck Wealth Builder ETF, which trades on the NYSE Arca… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has increased its base-case forecast for bitcoin to roughly $1.6 million by 2036, up from a prior target of $1.3 million. The revision, detailed in the firm’s updated 2027 Bitcoin Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions and an accompanying note from Chief Investment Officer… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Cloud has publicly outlined a new Multi-party Compute (MPC) platform designed to support institutional custody of digital assets, with a particular focus on Bitcoin. The service, currently available in preview, reportedly enables multiple parties to collaboratively authorize and sign blockchain transactions without any single… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 28, 2026, Thailand’s Supreme Court, sitting in full bench, issued Judgment No. 4929/2569 confirming that Bitcoin qualifies as property capable of supporting criminal liability for robbery and related offenses. The decision, summarized in the court’s selected-judgment series and accessible through the official Supreme… Read More